#C8D53B#C8D53B

#C8D53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.170 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8D53B
RGB	rgb(200, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -22.86, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 73.51, 108.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0698 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.17 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4045, 60.1845, 13.2037)
Luminance	0.6018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8D53B #483BD5

analogous

#D5953B #C8D53B #7BD53B

triadic

#C8D53B #3BC8D5 #D53BC8

tetradic

#C8D53B #3BD595 #483BD5 #D53B7B

square

#C8D53B #3BD595 #483BD5 #D53B7B

split-complementary

#C8D53B #3B7BD5 #953BD5

monochromatic

#737B1A #A2AE25 #C8D53B #D6E06D #E4EBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#C8D53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#C8D53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8D53B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8D53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8D53B	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8d53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.170 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce17c',
    500: '#c8d53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8d53b;
$custom-light: #dce17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8d53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8D53B

secondary

#383183

accent

#40E84E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8D53B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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